Analysis ofthe births that occurred in England and Wales during 1970-6 showed that they followed a seven-day cycle, being concentrated from Tuesdays to Fridays and least numerous on Sundays. This pattern became increasingly pronounced during the period examined. Relatively few births occurred on bank holidays, especially Christmas Day and Boxing Day. In general perinatal mortality was higher am...

The value of a diagnostic test lies in its ability to detect patients with disease (its sensitivity) and to exclude patients without disease (its specificity). For tests with binary outcomes, these measures are fixed. For tests with a continuous scale of values, various cutoff points can be selected to adjust the sensitivity and specificity of the test to conform with W HEN a doctor orders a te...

Problems arising from the evacuation of children have lately been discussed at length. This paper deals with a similar subject, an evacuation problem on the largest scale. Evacuation of schoolchildren means more than the separation of children from their parents and home environment for an indefinite time; it means also the abandonment of many factors which have been regarded as essential for t...

of the popular press, and the laconic voice of Reitman. While the study is in many respects-thorough and detailed, it also leaves us with unanswered questions. The Chicago programme was part of a national initiative; yet, although we might be expected to know something of Parran's five-point plan, we are given no clear analysis of the relationship of the local programme to federal aims. The sto...

meeting of the Society was called to order by the President. Dr. Lewis Webb Hill, Boston, at 8 :15 P. M., on May 6, 1932 who spoke as follows: This meeting represents an attempt to arrive at conclusions concerning the rational use of the vitamin preparations in pediatric practice. There is one man whose work on deficiency diseases and allied subjects has been so brilliant and so applicable to t...

Is the Child Health / Family Income Gradient Universal? Evidence from England In an influential study Case et al. (2002) documented a positive relationship between family income and child health in the US, with the slope of the gradient being larger for older than younger children. In this paper we explore the child health income gradient in England, which has a comprehensive publicly-funded Na...

The impact of environmental factors on the causation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is thought to be considerable. We explored this by comparing the prevalence of RA amongst Pakistanis living in England, where it is relatively high amongst ethnic English, and in Pakistan. The frequency of other rheumatic diseases was also compared. Information on 2056 adult Pakistanis in England and 4232 in Pakis...

OBJECTIVES To examine trends in rates of diagnoses of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in men who have sex with men (MSM) in England and Wales between 1997 and 2002. METHODS Estimates of the MSM population living in England and Wales, London and the rest of England and Wales were applied to surveillance data, providing rates of diagnoses of HIV and STIs and age group speci...